Miki Yamanaka is a New York-based pianist from Kobe, Japan. In 2015 she was one of three pianists selected to participate in “Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead," an intensive composition residency at the Kennedy Center. She earned her Master of Music degree from Queens College, receiving the Sir Roland Hanna Award. Miki has appeared in concert with many notable musicians including Steve Nelson, Victor Lewis, Antonio Hart and Peter Bernstein. She is the current pianist in the Philip Harper Quintet, the Roxy Coss Quintet and the Antonio Hart Group. Her latest release (Outside in Music, 2021) features Orlando le Fleming(bass), Mark Turner(saxophone).